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Hartley
January 7th, 2011, 09:16 AM
Hi,
I've just gotten into Tele's. My son asked for an electric for Christmas. I asked a guitar collector that I met what I should get. He said a Tele. Great, as I was thinking along the MIM Fender line. I got one on eBay for ~ $350. Unfortunately it had no hardshell case and the picture didn't point out problems. The post mentioned no switch knob, but there was also no tone nor vol knob. I ordered both. Fortunately it came w/ new strings, so I strung it up and cleaned it a bit w/ lemon pledge. There was a ding on the fretboard - which makes me wonder. I tightened the jack which was way loose. My son noticed a buzz on the 6th string. I went on line thinking a neck adjustment was needed, but noticed that it was a string heght issue. The 6th string was set quite low. This takes a tiny allen wrench - so hopefully my 27 yo son can figure that out.
Anyway, I got myself a '92 MIM also on Craigslist. 10 years older than my son's. I had better luck with this one. I like the blue color. It has a hardshell case. I gave him the asking price of $300.
I play in a church band. My first elec guitar was a messed up Les Paul Light. The Tele looks less finicky. I have a Marshall 30 10 inch solid state amp. Now I'm looking at the Bugera V22.
My electric guitar life just flashed before me.
I've just gotten into Tele's. My son asked for an electric for Christmas. I asked a guitar collector that I met what I should get. He said a Tele. Great, as I was thinking along the MIM Fender line. I got one on eBay for ~ $350. Unfortunately it had no hardshell case and the picture didn't point out problems. The post mentioned no switch knob, but there was also no tone nor vol knob. I ordered both. Fortunately it came w/ new strings, so I strung it up and cleaned it a bit w/ lemon pledge. There was a ding on the fretboard - which makes me wonder. I tightened the jack which was way loose. My son noticed a buzz on the 6th string. I went on line thinking a neck adjustment was needed, but noticed that it was a string heght issue. The 6th string was set quite low. This takes a tiny allen wrench - so hopefully my 27 yo son can figure that out.
Anyway, I got myself a '92 MIM also on Craigslist. 10 years older than my son's. I had better luck with this one. I like the blue color. It has a hardshell case. I gave him the asking price of $300.
I play in a church band. My first elec guitar was a messed up Les Paul Light. The Tele looks less finicky. I have a Marshall 30 10 inch solid state amp. Now I'm looking at the Bugera V22.
My electric guitar life just flashed before me.